Keyword
emperor
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig466
Readings
てい
(73%)
だい
(17%)
Composed of
lid
horns
roof without a chimney
piece of fabric
Mnemonic components
standing up
roof without a chimney
piece of fabric
Mnemonic

You're standing on the roof of the emperor's residence. Looking through the sloped glass window you see a piece of fabric inside. They're the emperor's robes! It's him! Time to jump down and assasinate him from the back!

Used in kanji (5 in total)
tighten
give up
hoof
animal cry
Used in vocabulary (111 in total)
empire; imperial
emperor (of Japan); mikado
Examples (20 in total)
War breaks out when nations try to form their own empires.
This is how the great empire came into existence.
They increased the territory of the empire.